Arrange the following sentences in logical order to form a coherent paragraph.…
2023
Arrange the following sentences in logical order to form a coherent paragraph.
1. Commercial energy consumption shows an increasing trend and poses the major challenge for the future.
A. The demand, for petroleum, during 1996-97 and 2006-07 is anticipated to be 81 million tonnes and 125 million tonnes respectively.
B. According to the projections of the 14th power survey committee Report, the electricity generation requirements from utilities will be about 416 billion units by 1996-97 and 824 billion units by 2006-07.
C. The production of coal should reach 303 million tonnes by 1996-97 to achieve plan targets and 460 million tonnes by 2006-07.
D. The demand for petroleum products has already outstripped indigenous production.
6. Electricity is going to play a major role in the development of infrastructure facilities.
- A.
DACB
- B.
BADC
- C.
CADB
- D.
ABCD
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Correct answer: A
Concept: In a sentence-rearrangement (para-jumble) question, the correct order is not guessed sentence-by-sentence: it is built by (a) finding the sentence that most directly narrows or continues the fixed opening line's general claim, then (b) chaining the remaining sentences using explicit links between them - shared keywords, continuing data/figures over the same timeframe, or a topic shift that hands off cleanly to the next sentence - and finally (c) confirming the chain ends on a sentence that shares its topic with the fixed closing line.
Application:
Sentence 1 makes a general claim: rising commercial energy consumption is the coming challenge.
Sentence D narrows this straight to a specific case - petroleum demand has already outstripped domestic production - so D is the direct continuation of sentence 1.
Sentence A follows D because A supplies the exact demand figures (81 million tonnes, 125 million tonnes) for the petroleum shortfall D just raised - a claim-then-data link.
Sentence C follows A because C moves to a second energy source, coal, using the same 1996-97 / 2006-07 timeframe and 'million tonnes' unit as A - a natural continuation from one energy source's figures to another's.
Sentence B follows C because B shifts to electricity generation requirements from utilities - and B is the only one of A/C/D that shares its topic (electricity) with the fixed closing sentence 6, so B must sit immediately before it.
This gives the order 1-D-A-C-B-6, i.e. the sequence DACB.
Cross-check: Reading 1-D-A-C-B-6 straight through gives one coherent narrative: general energy challenge, petroleum shortfall, petroleum demand figures, coal production targets, electricity generation requirements, electricity's infrastructure role. Any other arrangement breaks this chain - it either opens with a data sentence before the problem it supports has been stated, or ends on a coal/petroleum sentence immediately before the electricity-themed closing line, leaving the last two sentences without a shared topic.